Emma Critchley is an artist who has worked underwater for over a decade using photography, film, sound and installation to continually explore our complex human relationship with this psychological and environmental space. She is Royal College of Art alumni and has developed works funded by organisations including the Saatchi Gallery, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, The National Media Museum, The Photographers Gallery, Arts Council England, the British Council, the Singapore International Foundation and the European Regional Development Fund. Awards include the Royal College of Art ‘Sustain: Moving Minds’ award, winner of the British Underwater Image Festival, finalist in a number of Saatchi Gallery awards including New Sensations 2011 and UK/RAINE 2015. Her work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at The Australian Centre of Photography, the ICA Singapore, Gerhard Marcks Haus Germany, Eyebeam New York, The National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and the Royal Academy. In 2016 she delivered a commission from Opera North Projects, which toured to the Southbank Centre, the BALTIC Centre for contemporary art and Leeds Library. In 2017 Emma completed a year’s residency called ‘Culture & Climate Change: Future Scenarios’. From this she is continuing to develop work with scientists from a number of lead organisations including NASA and the British Antarctic Survey.